Bikecentennial - Summer 1976 - Part 5

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Bikecentennial - Summer 1976

Wyoming

July 16 Falls Camp-ground (Late Entry)	... We hit Towgwotee Pass about mid-day. It was a bitch for the first half. We got lemonade and pie from the lady caretaker at this closed lodge. The last 8 miles up were pleasant. The top was a problem - mosquitoes. Coming down was something akin to flying.
July 17 Falls	We're starting out the day with a $15 fine. Shit!!! [Camping without a permit.]
Dubois (Late Entry)	We stopped after 25 miles for many reasons....There were a lot of other bikers around...It would be very hard to describe what happened with me [last] evening. I got to feeling very lonely....It was that old alone-in-the-crowd feeling....
One of the reasons we stopped early was fear of crossing the Wind River Indian Reservation late in the day. While it's strange to remember this today, we felt the reservations were hostile territory for bikers. (We had a few beer cans tossed at us prior to WY.) The trip to Lander the next day was entirely uneventful.
July 18 Lander	...This is the site for all the Kosmic Kampers tonight, we've got a real odd collection, bike, thumb, east, west, you name it. Byron and Glenn are going to be leaving soon....I may be on my own before I know it.
My nineteenth birthday on the nineteenth!
July 19 Jeffery City	Byron got up an hour and a half early and waited 45 minutes for the store to open so he could buy me a cake. He woke me up with it. So we had birthday cake for breakfast... In the evening...we devoured a half gallon of pineapple sherbet followed by spaghetti dinner. After diner was real nice, everybody talking about everything imaginable...
Copyright 1976 & 2002 by Richard Rathe

Part 5

Towgwotee Pass
and Dubois, WY

Green River, WY

Wyoming Roadside

On the Road to
Jeffery City, WY